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VOLUME EIGHT SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
—Men In Service—
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Killed In Action
Arnold Effler, son of Mrs.
Tilda Effler of Busick was >
killed in action in France ,
June 11 according to a tele-
gram from the War depart
ment. Mrs. Effler received J
a letter from her son, writ- ]
ten June 10, stating he was <
“somewhere in France” i j
The message received lastj
Friday said that he was |
killed on June 11.
Seriously Wounded
Pvt. Gus Edwards, son ofj i
Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards '
of Bee Log, was seriously |>
wounded in France on June 1
14, according to a message ■
received by his parents.
Dean Higgins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Moseby Higgins
of Sioux was seriously
wounded in Italy his par
ents have been informed. (
He enteredservice in April, ;
1943 and has been overseas 1
several months. 1
Vester Haney, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Haney of ,
Huntdale, was seriously
wounded in France his par- <
ents have been informed. ,
No details have been learn
ed*
James H. Hensley, 18,
seaman second class of the
U. S. Navy, was a member
of a U. S. naval crew in !
the American Assault For
ce which invaded France.
This was his first action
with the enemy.
Seaman Hensley is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin
Hensley of Vixen.
Pvt. Fenton W. Piercy
who has been stationed at
Camp Croft, S. C has been
transferred to Fort Meade,
Md. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Piercy of
Day Book.
Seth Laughrun is home
on leave after being station- i
ed in Texas for several 1
weeks He will report to
Selfridge Field, Mich.
Horace Silvers, Techni
cian 4th grade of the Signal
Corps who is returning!
from 24 months overseas in
the European Theater of
Operations was expected to
arrive last week at Fort
Bragg, N. C. prior to reach
ing his home at Rt. 1,
N. C. where he
will visit his sister, Mrs.
Elce Wheeler
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Word has been received
that Lawrence Watts of
the U. S. Signal Corps has
safely arrived at his sta
tion in Canada. He has
been promoted to the rank
of Corporal. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Watts of Bee Log.
Pvt. Isaac Harrison is
now stationed at Camp
Beale, Cal. For several
months he has been at Ft.
Leonard Wood, Mo
Ralph Proffitt has been
home on leave, visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Proffitt of Bald Creek.
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COLLYi'V”
i
Wounded In Action
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Pfc. John L. McMahan
was seriously wounded in s
action in France June 17
1944 according to a tele
gram received by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
McMahan of Newdale, N.
C. He is now in a hospital
in England.
Pfc. McMahan volun
teered for service in Oct.
1940 and received his train
ing at Ft. Bragg, N. C- He
has been overseas for 20
months and took active part
in the North African and;
Sicilian campaigns. He also
has one brother in service,
Robert G. McMahan S. lc,
who has served in the!
Navy since Feb. 1944.
Register Here
The following became 18
during the month of June
and have registered with;
the local board: G D. Rob- 1
inson, Cane River; Glen
Austin, Cane River; Virgil 1
Roy Thomas, Cane River;
James Leanord English,'
Burnsville; Clayton Mathis
Thomas, Burnsville Rt. 1;
Jonathan Robinson, Celo; !
Drate Banks, Burnsville;;
Jasper Leslie Hensley, Bur-;
nsville Rt. 1; T. J. Peterson,)
Green Mtn.; James G.
Beaver, Windom; Terrel
Staton, Micaville; Harold
Luther Harris, Star Rt.,
Burnsville; John Dallas Mc-
Kinney, Newdale. 1
Pvt. Earl F. McNeill, son
of Mrs. Mary McNeill of
Celo is now somewhere in
England.
Dudley Deyton, seaman
second class, is at the radio
naval training school, Ind
ianopolis, Ind.
Pfc Forest H. Shepherd,
son of Mrs. Erie Shepherd
is now stationed at the
army air base, Dalhart
| Texas.
Pfc. Earl Deyton is now
in Italy. He entered service
in January 1943 and has
been overseas for several
months.
Weldon C. Burgin who
has been stationed at the
naval amphibious base, Lit
tle Creek, Va. is now at
Ft. Pierce, Fla.
Men Leave I
The following men who
had already passed exami
nation, reported Wednes
day to Camp Croft, S. C
for induction and assign
ment to duty:
Tartar C. King, James
Miller, Ward Dixon Woody,
Claude Presnell, Jeff Doane
Wm. Mack Burgin, Floyd
Hollifield, Roy Bryant,
Zenas Boone, Warren Hen
sley, Everett Troy King,
Paul Ray Thomas, Charley
Deyton, Wintz Mclntosh,
James J. Harris;
Harold Anglin, Friel
i Young, Conway Murphy
j William Johnson, Filmore
[ Gardner, Jack Brinkley,
Jeter Thomas, Bill Peter-
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 6,1944
’ ffijjpM.
Promoted
An Eighth AAF Bomber
Station, England—The pro
motion of Charles E. Hop*-
son, 27-year old Flying For
tress Engineer and gunner,
of Green Mtn., N. C., from ,
sergeant to staff sergeant, ‘
has been announced at this
Eighth AAP' Bomber Base,
by his group commander,!
Colonel Frederick W. Ott,
of Cleveland, Ohio.
Now playing a vital role
in the air support of Allied
operations underway in
Northern France, Hopson
has been decorated with the
| air medal for “exceptional
| achievement” in aerial com-
I bat.
Before entering the AAF
the newly appointed staff
I sergeant, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Hopson, of Green
Mtn., was employed by
Champion and Fiber
Company at Canton, N. C.
The North Carolina’s fly
er’s group, which has been
cited by the president for
i gallantry in action in the
j pre-invasion bombing of;
i Nazi Europe, now hammers
enemy supply lines and re
inforcements on the contin
ent in support of the invas
ion.
i His wife, Mrs. Gladys M.
Hopson, lives at 5846 Belair
! Road, Baltimore, Md.
| A letter was received
from Pfc. Harue Hensley,
the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mack D,iien3l£y__ftf Bee
Log who writes he is get
ting along fine.
Pfc. Hensley has been in
service 2 years and 10 mort
; ths and has been in the
Pacific area for 26 months.
A letter was received
from Pfc. Don Renfro, the
son of Mrs. Myra Renfro)
of Higgins. He is in Italy
and in good health.
Mrs. Renfro also has two
other sons in service, Fred
in the Marine Corps and
, Joe in the Navy. Another
s son, Bill, who received a
medical discharge recently.
| Mrs. Doshie Edwards of
Bee Log has 3 sons in the
U. S Army, Pvt. Ossie Ed
wards at Fort McClellan,
! Ala., Pvt. Warren Edwards
! of Camp McCain, Miss., and
Pvt. Burnie Edwards, some
where in New Guinea. *
i _
J Mrs. Ophie L. Ogle has
been visiting her husband,
; Cpl. Earl Ogle at Parris
Island, S C. 10
For Induction
) -on, Thomas Renfro, Jr.,
• Howard Riddle, Edward
■ Lee Harris, Claude Riddle,
Jack Gillespie, J. T. Bla
- lock, Edward C. Willis, Earl
i Blankenship, Charles Ken
s neth Wyatt;
, Bill Riddle, Gar Blanken
i ship, Albert J. Jones, Handy
i Deyton, Garland Duncan,
;, Frank Anglin, Reece Hig
- gins, Paul Edwards, Wayne
Ramsey, Leanard Haney,
Dick Mclntosh, Charles Ray
i, Howard Wyatt, Harold Ce
! cil Thomas, Kermit Hen
-1 sley, Edgar Ledford, My
r ron Bruce Silver, Buster
e Hughes, Charles Neill,
r, Harley Shehan, Ruben Har
ris.
Jay Bryon Randolph Killed By
Trucfc In Detroit
Jay Bryon Randolph, son
of Mr. and Mrs; jFrank,
Randolph of Detrp|t§ Mich,
and Cane River, wt*|f atally
injured in Detroj|p when
struck by a truck oivJuly 1.
He died July 2f Hp 16th
birthday. His fathegte em
ployed in Detroit tad Jay,
had also been working!
there.
Funeral servieep under
the direction of Holcombe
and Edwards were held at
; the Elk Shoal Baptist chur
ch at 3:30 Tuesday., Burial'
was in the Elk Shoal ceme
tery. Rev. J. G. Allred and
Rev. E. G. Adkins officiated
Surviving are the parents
a sister, Wanell, a brother
Jimmie and the grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mre. .T. G.
Randolph of Cane River
and Mr. and Mrs. S K.
SERIES OF MEETINGS
NOW IN PROGRESS
! ;
The series of meetings,
with the Methodist, Presby
terian and Baptist church
es cooperating, opened Sun
day evening when Dr. B.
B. Lavender, president of
Washington College Tenn.,
brought his first message.
Services are £elct at the
Methodist church g each
morning at 10 and each
evening at 8. Dr. Lavender
is a very pleasing and for
ceful speaker and' eaclr ser
vice is an inspiration to
those who attend.
The meeting will contin
ue through Wednesday ev
ening, July 12 Citizens of
the town are urged to at
. tend as often as possible,
rs and a cordial invitation is
extended to all visitors in
the town.
Farmers Federation Picnic
■ —• I
More than 1000 Yancey
county residents observed
; the Fourth of July by at-,
’ tending the annual picnic of,
1 the Farmers federation for
■ the county at Burnsville
- high school for a program;
1 lasting from 10 a. m. to 4
1 P- m. |
The program, included a
number of talks by spec
, ialists in various depart
ments of the federation,
! musical and other enter-'
tainment features, patrio-;
tic talks, and contests. |
Wilson Edwards, head of
j the federation committee
|at Burnsville, opened the
[; program and introduced
I James J. K. McClure, fed
[ eration president. The open
ing prayer was offered by!
jthe Rev. Dumont Clarke,!
director of the religious;
. department of the federa- 1
r tion.
Traces History
Mr. McClure, tracing the,
i history of the federation,
, declared that the coopera
-1 tive was organized 20 years
- ago by a handful of farm-;
-ers in Western North Caro-j
- lina, who thought that they
r had accomplished a lot, but
I, in reality only had estab
lished the beachhead from
which the membership has
Hilemon of Cane River.
Active pall bearers were:
i Biss Randolph, Zeb Ran
dolph, John Morrow, Bry
-lon Hilemon, Wilkie Ran
dolph, uncles of the boy,
and oennie Randolph.
Honorary pall bearers
were Hiram Higgins, Er
jnest Proffitt, Elie King,
Sam King, Willard Smith,
Gus Higgins, Banister Hen
sley, Johnie McAllister,
Nelson King, Isaac Ran
dolph, W N. C. Mclntosh,
l John Mclntosh, Cleveland
Proffitt, Fulton Hughes,
j Cousins of the deceased
,were in jsharge of the flow
i!ers. The Randolph family J
-is widely known through-!
.•out the section and a very!
large group of relatives and i
* friends attended the last;
. rites. |
Graduates
Graduation exercises re
cently held at the Naval
Training School (Radio)
on the Northwestern Uni
versity campus, Evanston,
111. saw Bluejacket Charles
W. Edwards, 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harmon Edwards
Cane River, N. C. receive
recognition as eligible to
qualify for the petty officer
rate of radioman third chss
Selection to the specialty
school is based on recruit
.] training aptitude test scor
,l es. The completed course of
study included the opera
tion of Navy radio trans
. mitting and receiving eq
: uipment, enciphering and
| deciphering Navy code mes
, sages, and learning the bas
sic operating principles of
i all Navy radio and electri
| cal equipment.
1 grown to 13,000, with 1943
business the largest” in the
i federation’s history.
I Jack Gaddis, poultry spe
cialist spoke, Harry Love
told of tobacco markets
| available in Western North
Carolina and of changes
. that have been made in the
' government’s tobacco pro
gram; and other members
of the federation staff who
spoke included Norman
Barnett, manager of the
Burnsville warehouse; S. C.
j Clapp, horticulturist; Max
Roberts, educational direc
tor; Perry Green, and Mr
Clarke on the Lord’s acre
plan. Erskine B. Bailey and
Yates Bailey spoke of *fche
FSA program.
Speaks About Bonds
Speaking on behalf of
jwar bond sales were G. L.
Hensley, Yancey county
Fifth War Loan drive chair
man ; Petty Officer Sid Mc-
Curdy, of Colorado Springs,
' Colo., a patient at the Navy
Convalescent hospital at
Kenilworth and a veteran
' of Sicily, Salerno and Anzio
■ and Chief Petty Officer
; Joseph Nowicki, a member
of the navy since 1910, who
is spending a leave in Yan
i cey county. A total of $1,600
II in war bonds were sold.
ATTEND THE WAR BOND RALLY
SATURDAY, JULY BTH AT 3:00 P. M.
The Moore General Hospital will furnish a 15. piece
Military Band Jeeps and several speakers who will tell
of their experience in the combat zone.
The Fifth War Loan Committee announces the fol
lowing schedule to visit Post Offices to issue bonds. Be
at your local post office and help put Yancey, County
over the top
Schedule
Friday, July 7th 1944
Bee Log 10:00 A. M-
Ramsevtown 12:00 noon
Sioux 1:30 P. M.
Higgins 3:00 P. M.
Monday, July 10th 1944
Paint Gap 9:00 A. M.
Cane River 10:30 A. M.
Bald Cre<°k 12:00 noon
Swiss ..... 1:30 P M.
Wednesday, July 12th 1944
Windom 9:00 A. M.
Micaville , 10:00 A. M.
Newdale : ...j... 11:30 A. M.
0-do . 1:30 P. M.
Hamrick 3:00 P. M
Thursday, July 13th 1944
Vixen ~ ....... 9:30 A. M.
Pensacola 11:00 A. M.
Friday, July 14th 1944
Day Book 9:30 A. M.
Toledo 10:30 A. M.
G’*een Mountain 11:30 A. M.
Pensacola Township is first to reach quota and
the citizens theve are 3till buying Bop^s!
Merchants’ Division
The Merchants’ division reports sales of $19,425.
Nearly every merchant in the county has pledged to
i buy at least ore bond, with the pledges from $25 bonds
to $5,000 bonds.
Any employee or members of the families of the
owner of the business tnay be counted in the total pur
chased by thf firm.
All business firms in the county, whether retail
or wholesale, are classified in Merchants’ Division.
> P WAR BGtfD SALES REPORTED,
.} WEDNESDAY, JULY STH
_ I
j TOWNSHIPS SALES QUOTAS Percentage
' PENSACOLA $2,550.00 $2,000.00 1.275
CRABTREE $7,743.75 10,000.00 774
CANE RIVFU $6,562.50 10,000.00 .656
BURNSVILLE $25,668.75 40,000.00 .641
PRICES CREEK $3,000.00 5,000 00 .600
BRUSH CREEK $1,18125 2,000.00 .591
GREEN MTN. $2,212.50
TOLEDO $2,100.00
TOTAL $4,312.50 7,500-00 .575
EGYPT $5,025.00 10,000.00 .503
SOUTH TOE $731.25 2,000.00 216
JACKS CREEK $82500 7,500.00 .110
RAMSEYTONVN $581.25 10,000.00 .058
Army and Navy Sales $2,622.00
TOTAL $60,80325 $106,000
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR ELENA LEWIS
; Elena Lewis died at her 1
1 home in Bee Log on Friday
1 moi ling June 23rd follow- 1
' ing a brief ilines;.
■!, Funeral services were
held/ at the Bee Log church :
on Saturday morning, June ;
24th at 10:30 with Rev. J. ;
', D. King officiating,
j She is survived by her
I parents, Mr. and Mrs. '
George Lewis, and one (
small brother and sister.
f Active pall bearers were:
, Ernest Mclntosh, Andy
r Edwards, Dan Phillips,
• Ragan Wilson, Jack Mcln-j
■ tosh, Herman Roland, John J ,
, Pate, Jerry Fender and
r Andrew Pate 1
\ Honorary pall bearers
i were: Sam Edwards, John
> King, McKinley Fender,
r ( Mack Hensley, Vance Hen
r sley, Niram Ramsey and
j Alvin Pate. |
-J Those in charge of the
) flowers were: Votie Hen
| sley, Vee Mrs.
ri
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NUMBER FORTY-NINE
TO G. A. HOUSE PARTY
The following G A. me: i
bers attended the house
party at Ridgecrest: Pit
Green, Clara Mae Smit H,
Peggy and Bet.y Lee Fo'c,
Bobby Ruth and Virginia
Sue Banks, Mary Ellen
Banks, Ida Kate Ray and
Margery Harris. Mrs. Frank
Harris chaperoned.
Miss Willie Kate Baldwin
a missionary on furlough
from Africa, will visit the
G. A’s. in July or August.
Pvt. and Mrs. Mack B.
Ray were here this week
visiting friends.
Stanley Riddle is now at
the naval training station,
Memphis, Tenn.
Violet Phillips, Mrs. Lona
Fender, Jewel Dean Edw
ards, Mildred Hensley, Lol
lie Hensley, Georgia and
Edna Phillips, Alma Pate,
{June Edwards and Betty
Pate.
J. W. Webb funeral home
was in charge